Means for attaching snap-hooks to straps



(No Model.)

J. W. LOCKERT. MEANS FOR ATTAGHING SNAP HOOKS T0 STRAPS.

No. 554,282. Patented Feb. 11, 1896.

11 1421 1301", QZQ J a! NlTE STATES JAMES \V. LOCKERT, OF RIOHFIELD,OHIO.

MEANS FOR ATTACHING SNAP-HOOKS TO STRAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 554,282, dated February11, 1896.

A li atio fil d MarchlB, 1894. Serial No. 503,958. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES W. LooKERr, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Richfield, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for AttachingSnap-Hooks to Straps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the attaching of snap-hooks to the ends ofstraps, having for its object to provide a neat and convenient meansthat will enable any one to readilyperform the same, the improvementdispensing entirely with buckles and stitching, and is especiallyadapted for rein-straps, avoiding the cumbersome and bungling weight andthickness of leather common to the old method.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents my improvement as seenattached to a strap. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the snap-hook andattaching-plate. Fig. is a longitudinal section of the same, showingmanner of attaching the tongue and applying the spring.

A represents a hook having a plate B attached by being made a part of itin one piece, or the hook and plate may be made separately and securedtogether in any suitable manner. On the end of the plate B opposite tothe hook is provided a loop 0 through which the strap D is passed whenattaching the plate to the strap.

E is the tongue pivoted in a slot in the heel of the hook and has adownward-projecting arm a, which bears against a spring S loosely placedin a longitudinal slot in the plate B beneath the hook, said springholding the moving end of the tongue up against the hook.

ff are lugs or pins, made on or attached slantingly on the plate 13between the loop 0 and the hook A, designed for holding the strap.

The strap is simply and removably attached to the plate in manner asfollows: A hole is cut in the strap large enough to receive the heel ofthe hook a short distance from the end of the strap, which is thenslipped into and through the loop 0, and passed on, carrying the hole inthe strap over the point of the hook and passing it around over thecurve of the hook and then bringing it back so as to bring the hole downover the heel of the hook and have the strap lie on the plate B, as seenin Fig. 1. Then holes are punched for receiving the lugs or pins ff. Thestrap is now firmly fixed.

Having described my invention, I claim- The improvement in attachingsnap-hooks to straps consisting in the combination of the plate B, theloop 0 on the end of said plate, lugs ff on the plate adjacent to saidloop, the hook A on said plate, a slot in the heel of the hook and inthe plate under the heel, the spring S in the slot, the tongue E pivotedin the heel-slot and bearing on said spring, and the strap D passedthrough the loop 0, the lugs ff inserted in holes in the strap, and ahole in the strap passed over the hook A, the end of the strap lyingbetween the hook and the plate, substantially as described.

JAMES W. LOOKERT.

lVitnesses:

DAN. E. STARR, E. B. REED.

